Gao Yue and Gao Lande are half-siblings, and Gao Lande is thirty-one years old this year.
His biological mother, Mrs. Wang, was one of the favored concubines of Empress Qi Gao Wei. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, she was taken captive to Chang'an, had tattoos on her face, and became a prostitute.
Gao Lande was born in a brothel. After he was born, the Qi people who were hiding in Chang'an tried to rescue him. In order to cover up for her son, his mother, Mrs. Wang, committed suicide by throwing herself into a well.
Gao Lande was brought back to Qingzhou, which was later Weifang City, Shandong Province, and was given to his sister Gao Yue to raise.
At that time, Gao Yue did not intend to tell his younger brother his true identity and hoped that he could live his life like an ordinary person, but there were people around him who were trying to make him angry.
Because at that time, many Qi people still held the illusion of restoring the country, and Gao Lande was their only hope, so they kept instilling the idea of restoring Qi into Gao Lande and brainwashed him.
In other words, Gao Lande has been a puppet since he was a child, and his fate is actually tragic.
Later, in the third year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, some Qi people raised high rebel flags and occupied Qingzhou, and then gradually invaded surrounding counties and counties, and many people responded.
Yang Jian appointed Yang Su as the commander-in-chief of the march and led the army to quell the rebellion. Yang Yue also followed him. Within four months, these old Qi rebels were suppressed, and Gao Yue also took his younger brother Gao Lande and began a long journey.
life in exile.
Yecheng, the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty at that time, had been reduced to ruins. Gao Yue believed that only by escaping to Jinyang would their siblings have someone to protect them, because Jinyang was once the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the de facto administrative center. There were many old buildings there.
An old minister of Qi.
Her choice was undoubtedly the right one, but after the Yang Su brothers suppressed the rebellion, they found out about Gao Lande from a Qi Chen leader. Catching Gao Lande was undoubtedly a great achievement, so Yang
Su divided his troops in all directions and began to pursue him.
Gao Yue was also completely separated from his younger brother while being hunted.
Goodbye now, more than twenty years have passed.
In more than twenty years, many things will change, and people will also change.
The tragic circumstances of Gao Lande's life destined his character to be twisted. After being separated from his sister, he went into the mountains to work as a bandit, worked as a coolie at the dock, killed people, and did many bad things.
Later, he was arrested by the government and fled into Guanzhong. Because he had no household registration, it was inconvenient to go anywhere. So he killed a family of four in a remote village near the capital and took the deceased's household registration name tag.
In this way, he sneaked into Daxing City.
As the saying goes, hiding in the city, he felt that he was the safest in the capital, and there was good information here. Maybe one day he would be able to find out the whereabouts of his sister.
But in fact, it is extremely difficult for an ordinary person to inquire about news or inquire about a person.
Instead of finding out the whereabouts of my sister, I found out about an enemy, Hu Lu Xiaoqing.
At that time, Hulu Xiaoqing was not the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but the minister of Taifu Temple. This person gave the imperial seal that Gao Wei had given him and gave it to the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. This was a great success for Daqi.
Gao Lande hated this man deeply for the crime of treason.
So he tried to sneak into Hu Lu's house. He was from Qi and spoke with a Qi accent. Hu Lu Xiaoqing was also from Qi, and the slaves in his house were also from Qi, because he didn't care about the people in Guanzhong.
trust.
Gao Lande was tall, strong, able to endure hardships, and was a native of Qi, so he was favored by the steward and entered the residence of Hulu Xiaoqing.
In the beginning, because he was a stranger and was not trusted, he was sent to the outskirts of Beijing to farm, which lasted seven years.
When Hulu Xiaoqing became Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the number of slaves was expanded. As an old man, Gao Lande was recalled to the mansion and was responsible for the firewood matter, that is, buying firewood and cooking firewood.
He wholeheartedly wanted to kill Hu Lu Xiaoqing, but he never had the chance. A servant had no chance to get close to his master. Sometimes, even for half a year, he might not be able to see Hu Lu Xiaoqing.
But he was forbearing enough, because he was brainwashed very thoroughly when he was a child, and he couldn't get over this hurdle unless he killed Hu Lu Xiaoqing.
Since he was responsible for the supply of firewood, he was naturally close to the kitchen, so he began to learn cooking skills from his master.
In ancient times, you could not learn any skill if you wanted to. Even cooking simply had to be learned from a teacher, not an apprentice. No one would teach you, and they would prevent you from stealing it, because it was for others to eat.
This is the principle of a guy who teaches his apprentices to starve their masters to death.
So it's not easy to learn cooking secretly, and it takes another five years.
Finally, he succeeded, replaced the original cook, entered the important department of the kitchen, and began to add extra nutrients to the meals.
The problem is, he doesn't know what to add to poison Hulu Xiaoqing. Since he doesn't understand, he can just add it.
As the saying goes, medicine is only three parts poisonous. The little money he saved was not enough to buy medicine, so he stole it from the medicine store in the house. Whatever he stole, he only dared to add a little bit at a time, otherwise the taste of the food would change.
Medicinal materials may also be found stolen from the medicine depot.
Occasionally, some medicinal materials were added, which actually made the food more delicious, so his position as a cook became more and more stable.
First, Hulu Xiaoqing's wife died, and then the child born to his concubine died innocently. It was not until the 19th year of the founding of the emperor that Hulu Xiaoqing finally died.
It’s unclear whether he died from toxins accumulated in his body after taking medicine and food all year round, or whether he died from a normal illness. Anyway, Gao Lande felt that this was his contribution.
The great revenge has been avenged, and he doesn't want to stay here anymore, but the problem is that he is a slave and has no right to choose.
But I don't know whether it was due to great luck or something else, but he was actually bought by the Yue Gong Mansion.
He was confident that it was not Yang Su who had discovered his identity, because there were more than a dozen slaves who were bought together.
Young people are arrogant, and what Yang Su did was just to deceive others.
Yang Su was also an enemy. If he hadn't sent people to hunt him down, he and his sister would not have been separated. So Gao Lande planned to repeat the same trick and use it on Yang Su as he did against Hu Lu Xiaoqing.
As everyone knows, Yang Su is guarding him like a thief. Furthermore, the Yue Gong Mansion, which is a big city, has countless servants, so there is no way he can stand out. Yang Su's cooks are all top chefs.
Although Yang Su's sons were all separated, they did not build another mansion. They all lived in Yue Gong's mansion. There were many people in the mansion. Gao Lande looked very small here, as if he didn't exist.
But Yang Su wanted to corrupt him, so he gave Gao Lande a job as a warehouse guard, and even deliberately instigated others to lure Gao Lande into the gambling habit.
The small amount of wages that a servant earns is very shabby. If it were exchanged for someone else's house, there would be no wages. That is to say, Yang Su was wealthy and would give some rewards to his servants during festivals or good days, but this reward was small.
, definitely not tall enough to bet on.
So he took advantage of the convenience of looking into the warehouse to sneak out some treasures and sell them off as money for gambling.
Under Yang Su's careful care, he never failed.
Gambling and pornography have always been divided into different families. Yang Su had many gambling houses in the capital, and Gao Lande's money was eventually returned to Yang Su's hands.
This is called leaving the left hand to the right hand, and Yang Su is not losing at all.
Gamblers must be lustful, and every gambling house has prostitutes. Gao Lande experienced the happiest time in his life.
It wasn't until Yang Su died and he was handed over to the King of Qin that he woke up from his dream and found out that Yang Su had known who he was all along.
Now he took the fifty guan of money given by the King of Qin and rented an old house in Daxing Nancheng. He was reluctant to buy the house because after buying it, he would have no money.
Hepingfang is located in the southwest corner of the capital. It is a chaotic place. The streets are full of sewage and the roads are muddy. It is a gathering place for gangs and gangsters. However, he is not afraid because his sister is now a member of the King of Qin. With her here,
No one dared to touch him.
On this day, Gao Yue came to visit her younger brother. She deliberately dressed up as a peasant woman and wore a curtain on her head to hide her appearance and avoid unnecessary trouble.
"Why don't you listen to me? The money is for you to buy a house, why are you renting it?" Gao Yue frowned after walking into the simple hut.
Gao Lande was quite intoxicated when he smelled the body fragrance coming from his sister, and said with a smile:
"Save some money and buy some gear so that you can set up a stall in the capital and sell some food. You won't have to rely on sister for help in the future."
It was really a very good reason. Gao Yue nodded, took off the curtain, and sat down on the only long bench in the house. She felt that the room was damp and smelled of mold, and she couldn't help but frown and said:
"Take care of this place. Life is not like this. It's not easy for you and me to be reunited. We have to live a good life in the future. If I can help, I won't shirk it."
Gao Lande nodded, but kept his eyes on his sister's body, looking up and down.
Gao Yue's appearance and body are undoubtedly a great temptation for every man, and Gao Lande has not seen his sister for more than 20 years. After this reunion, he was surprised by her appearance.
It has turned all sentient beings upside down.
There were so many beautiful concubines in Yang Su's house. Once in a while, Gao Lande would meet them in his dreams and go to Wushan together.
Having too much food but not being able to eat it will inevitably lead to evil thoughts in the long run.
Today, he actually had evil thoughts about his sister. She is indeed a descendant of the Gao family and has been passed down through the generations.
"rude!"
Gao Yue noticed the clues, scolded the other party, put the curtain back on, then stood up and said:
"I will come see you again when I am free in the future."
"Is sister already a member of the King of Qin?" Gao Lande asked with a smile.
Gao Yue suddenly became angry: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Gao Lande smiled and said: "If my sister hadn't been favored by the King of Qin, why would he take me out of Yang Su and give me money to buy a house?"
"Bastard!" Gao Yue yelled angrily, turned around and left, but Gao Lande hugged him behind him, and the curtain above his head was pulled off.
"Evil! What are you going to do?" Gao Yue suddenly turned pale and resisted frantically.
Gao Lande didn't say anything, he just tripped Gao Yue, pushed him to the ground, and smashed Gao Yue's clothes. No matter how Gao Yue cursed and beat him, he didn't say a word.
At this time, the door of the house was suddenly knocked open. Cui Wei rushed in with a dagger and stabbed the opponent in the back.
"No!" Gao Yue exclaimed, but it was too late. She looked at her brother with a pale face and fell softly on her body.